ACTRESS ALFRE WOODARD AND DAUGHTER AT EMMYS 2008

Actress Alfre Woodard,whose recent role is in film A Family That Preys,is pictured with her daughter Mavis at the 60th Annual Primetime Awards on September 21, 2008.Mavis Spencer (born 1992) is Alfre’s adopted daughter. In all, Alfre has two children with her husband Roderick Spencer:daughter Mavis and a son named Duncan(born 1994)

I watched only a little of the “red carpet” last night & these two were the ones I saw. Lisa Rinna was saying how she hadn’t seen Alfre’s daughter in such a long time & Alfre stated her daughter was now 17.

The first thing or should i say the second thing that stood out to me as i read the blurp about Alfre and her daughter Mavis, are:
1. she is a beautiful young lady; no question about that
2. she is adopted.

The second somehow for me, takes the air out of the balloon. Why is that important to mention? how relative is that? I’m not adopted or have adopted children so i’m not sensitive to this from the standpoint of personal experience.

however, i think of all those who are adopted even in this case Mavis, and wonder what must it be like for them to have the word “adopted” added to who they are. whey couldn’t it be left at Alfre and her daughter Mavis? Do we say this is my biological daughter / son so and so? No, we just say, “this is my son / daughter”.

let’s be more sensitive to issues like these. i take issues with stuff like this as you can see and hear.

[…] Here is what was said: “Actress Alfre Woodard,whose recent role is in film A Family That Preys,is pictured with her daughter Mavis at the 60th Annual Primetime Awards on September 21, 2008.Mavis Spencer (born 1992) is Alfre’s adopted daughter.” (blackcelebritykids.com) […]

I read the blurb about Alfre and her daughter and I don’t even remembering reading that she was adopted. I just had to go back and re-read it. Being adopted is nothing to be ashamed of. I think more people should talk about it as it will encourage more people to open up their homes to children in need. There are millions of children in the world that would absolutely love to be adopted. We should encourage people to share their stories rather than suppress them.

Alfree Woodard has been railroaded for years because she doesn’t have European feature, but she is a good looking woman and an AMAZING actress. Literally one of the best to best AA actresses out there.

I don’t see a problem with mentioning her daughter was adopted it is just “how it is said.” It should read her daughter that “was” adopted and not her “adopted daughter.” We adoptive moms are more aware of wording.

why wouldn’t they know how old she is just because she’s adopted? Last time I looked, ALL children born in this country (and in many others) are registered at birth, so knowing their exact age is a no-brainer….